books.google.ca - Through a succession of key stages since Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) became independent in 1948, its Tamil minority, historically concentrated in the north and east but with an important segment in Colombo, became alienated from the Sinhalese majority and, after peaceful opposition failed to secure its...https://books.google.ca/books/about/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_Nationalism.html?id=W3aAB9IFVdkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSri Lankan Tamil Nationalism